Improved mosquito-net



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0 o v o UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

JOHN'ZENGELER, on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVED MOS UITO-NET.)

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 41,957, dated Marchl5, 1664.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN ZENGELER, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State. of 1llinois,-have invented a new and Improved Mosquito'Net, the same being designed as a protector for the head against mosquitoes and ther insects; and I do hereby'declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de-' scription of the same,.rei'erence being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side view of my invention applied to a person; Fig, 2, an enlarged and det iched perspective view of the same.

Similar letters ofvrefcrence indicate corresiOuding parts in the two figures.

This invention consists in securing the fabric known as mosquito-netting to elastic hoops of wire,cane, or other material, and of such diameter as to admit ot'the device bewhatever, and will fully protect the wearer trommosquitoes or other annoying insects.

To enable those skilled in the art' to fully understand and construct my invention, I will prot eed to describe it. A A represent two hoops, which may be constructed of wire, cane, or other elastic material. These hoops are of such diameter of the wearer of the device, and they should be quite light.

within the top hoop. V netting is scalloped out at each side, as shown at b, to admit ot'it being firmly fitted .on the the netting extending down to the waist and around the waist.

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trifling cost, and when not in use may be inconvenience.

'quitoes and other insects cannot come in contact withhim. Y

Patent, is I stantially as herein set forth.

' f JOHN ZENGELER.

ALEX. REYNOLDS."

that they maybe readily placed over the head v To. these hoops a mosquito.- netting,'B, is secured, and sewed together, as j[ shown at a, so as to form a cylinder, the net; ting extending over and covering the space The lower end of the shoulders when the device is applied to the wearer, as shown in Fig. the front part of firmly secured in position by tapes 0, are ticd The top of the, netting rests on the top of jx I the head of the wearer, and the hoops A A v i 'must he at such a distance apart andthe netr. ting Biof such a length .asto admit of its, lower end beingadjustcd tothe wearer, as de-f This device may be constructed at a very folded within a very small compass and cartied in a trunk or traveling bag without any The hoops A keep the netting" at such a distance from the wearer that mos- Having thus described my invention, what v I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters I A mosquito net for tliehead'and neck, constructed of netting B, attached to elastic; hoops AA, and secured tothe wcarer,subp 

